. >> reporter: with mitt romney winning nevada, the republican race moves to colorado and minnesota, where rick santorum hopes to break out. all the candidates are hitting the obama's administration decision to require all health care plans to cover birth control. catholic organizations hoped for an essential. they launched a drive to appeal the decision and newt gingrich sounded off. >> every time you turn around, secular government is closing in on and shrinking the right of religious liberty in america. >> reporter: jay carney did leave open this idea there could be compromises how it's implemented from church to church or organization to organization, brian? >> chuck todd at the white house for us tonight. thanks. >>> now to a terribly sad story out of washington state. a father has taken his own life along with the lives of his two little boys. in a raging house fire, he appears to have set, the bizarre and tragic end to a story that started when his wife, the boys' mother, disappeared. nbc's miguel almaguer reports from graham, washington, outside seattle. >> reporter: investig